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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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FOR THE YEAR ISQ^-Oa. 



CHARLES MASON, Superintendent. 



BOARD OF EDUCATION : 

JAME.'^ O. ROSE, President. H. M. SHERWOOD, Sec'y S: Trem. 
Rev. W. M. VINES, GEO. S. CROUCH, 

J. C. MATHES. MARION ROBERTS. 



MORRISTOWN, TENN.: 

PRINTED AT THE GAZETTE BOOK AND JOB OFFICE. 
1896. 



THE 

IVintli Annnal Il.ej>ort 

OF THE 

MoRRisTOWN City Schools 

FOR THE YEAR 1895-96. 



DEPARTMENTS AND TEACHERS. 

Primary Department. 

Miss L. M. Horton — First Grade. 
Miss Lucy A. Hughes — Second Grade. 

Intermediate Department. 

Miss Clara M. Sherwood — Third Grade. 
Miss Mary Turley — Fourth Grade. 
Mrs. Meta T. Bush— Fifth Grade. 

High School Dej)artmeiit. 

Miss Sallie F. Loop — Sixth Grade. 

Miss Carrie Summers — Seventh Grade. 

Miss Rozee A. Rankin, \ Eighth, Ninth and Tenth 
Supt. Charles Mason, S Grades. 



ANNOUNCEflENT. 

The Tenth Annual Session of ihe Morristown City Schools will con«ist of 
nine scholastic months, beginning on Thursday, Sept. 3, 1S96, and continue 
four months, until December 24, with a holiday vacation till January 4, 
1897, on which day the schools will open and continue five months and close. 

Bv order of the Board, 






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President's Report. 



To the Mayor and Aldermen of the town of Iforristoion : 

Gentlemen : — As President of the Board of Education^ 
I herewith submit my report of the Morristown City 
Schools for the year 1895-96. 

During the year in question the schools for the white 
pupils were conducted by Superintendent Charles Mason 
and eight teachers, and the schools for the colored pupils 
were conducted by Prof. J. S. Hill and assistant teachers 
as during former years. The report of Superintendent 
Mason is herewith filed as part of this report for the in- 
formation of your honorable body, and to which your at- 
tention is called. The report of the Treasurer, H. M. 
Sherwood, is also filed as part of this report, which shows 
the entire cost of the schools for the year just closed to 
be the sum of $5,366.24 received from all sources. Of 
this amount the sum of $10.16 was carried over from the 
former scholastic year unexpended, the sum of $322.05 
was received from tuitions paid, the sum of $2,198.25 was 
received from the county trustee, and the sum of $3,000 
was received under appropriations made by your honor- 
able body, the sum of $184.72 from other sources. The 
credit side of the Treasurer's report shows how this fund 
was expended, except the sum of $184.72 yet unexpended. 

For the ensuing scholastic year commencing Septem- 
ber 3, 1896, the Board of Education has re-elected Super- 
intendent Charles Mason at his former salary, and alsa 



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continued the arrangement with Prof. Hill for the bene- 
fit of the colored pupils. The Board has elected teachers 
for the epsuing year as follows : 

Primary department— Miss L. M. Horton, first grade ; 
Miss Lucy A. Hughes, second grade. 

Intermediate department— Miss Carrie Summers, third 
grade; Miss Emma Hunt, fourth grade; Mrs. Meta T. 
Bush, fifth grade. 

High school department— Miss Sallie F. Loop, sixth 
grade ; Miss Mary Turley, seventh grade ; Miss Clara M. 
Sherwood and Supt. Charles Mason, eighth, ninth and 
tenth grades. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 

JAMES G. ROSE, 
President Board of Education. 



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MoRRiSTowN City Schools. 



Superintendent's Report. 



To the Board of Education : 

Gentlemen: — I herewith submit for your inspection 
my fourth report of the Morristown City Schools, the 

same being the Ninth Annual Report of said schools. 
The scholastic year began August 29, 1895, and ended 
May 15, 1896. 

General Statistics for the Year 1895-96. 

Population of the city 4.000 

Enumeration from 6 to 21 years old : 977 

Enumeration of whites, 6 to 21 year old 71 3 

Total number of pupils enrolled 491 

Average number of pupils belonging 391.11 

Average number of pupils attending 376.88 

Per cent, of attendance on number belonging 96.69 

Per cent, of attendance on enrollment 70.31 

Per cent, of enrollment on enumeration 79.76 

Total number of days present 60.691 

Total number of days absent 3,544 

Total number of days taught 177 

Total number of tardies .5.5 

Total cost of the schools $ .5,366.24 

Total cost per pupil enrolled 9.70 

Total cost per pupil belonging 12.18 

Total cost per pupil attending 12. 6.5 

Average salary paid teachers. . . ". 463.333^ 

Number of school buildings owned bj' city 1 

Number of settings 576 

Value of school building. 3? 16,660.00 

Value of school lot 3,833.00 

Value of furniture 1,560.00 

Total value of school property 23,053.00 



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ENROLLMENT. 

The number enrolled for the present session is some- 
what below that of the previous year. This decrease is 
due in part to the excitement caused by the presence of 
diphtheria in several families during the fall term. Al- 
though of a mild type, yet the impression made upon the 
people was almost as injurious to the patronage of the 
school as if the disease had been of the most virulent 
form. 

The prevalence of measles during the second term was 
another great hindrance. At times the enrollment was 
reduced over fifty per cent, in some grades. 

You will notice by the statistical table that the num- 
ber enrolled is becoming more evenly distributed 
through the various grades. The third and fourth grades 
are gradually being relieved of their crowded condition. 
The first grade, and the High School grades have been 
gaining numbers, the former from local patronage, the 
latter from a greater number of tuition pupils, and a 
general sentiment, growing, on the part of pupils to com- 
plete the course and take higher education. As an evi- 
dence of the latter I call your attention to the number 
in the graduating class of the present session. While 
the outlook is favorable from one standpoint, from an- 
other it is not. We are not drawing the patronage from 
the town the school should have. Some of the citizens 
have no regard for the best interests of their children 
and certainly none for the city. Children may attend 
or not, just as the inclination strikes them, parents do 
not insist upon their attendance. We close this session 
with 300 on the roll for examination. 

ATTENDANCE AND TARDINESS. 

The attendance like the enrollment has been largely 
affected by the prevalence of contagious diseases in the 
city. The per cent, is 96, a falling of nearly one per 



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cent, below the preceding- session. The first grade suf- 
fered more from irregularity of attendance than any oth- 
er, especially while the measles held sway over the 
cliildren. All the grades suffered more or less during 
this epidemic. 

Pupils giving absences without satisfactory reasons 
presented to the teachers are required to put in extra 
time as in the previous session. 

The number of tardies has decreased a fraction over 25 
per cent. As stated in last year's report the greatest 
number is in the first grade. I trust we may reach the 
point when all will be confined to this grade. The high- 
er grades should not have any, if proper training is giv- 
en in the lower grades. 

DISCIPLINE. 

The order throughout the school has improved, and tlie 
sentiment to obey the requests of the teachers has ac- 
quired strength. Some trouble has arisen in the higher 
grades, in nearly every case from pupils not accustomed 
to attending the public schools, always from those not 
under proper discipline at home. 

No permanent suspensions have been made during the 
session except for continued absence without satisfacto- 
ry excuse. Only one was suspended for misconduct, re- 
stored within the month. 

There has been some tendency toward keeping pupils, 
as a punishment, after the regular time for dismission. 
This seems to me detrimental to the best interests of the ' 
child and the general welfare of the school. However, 
the practice is becoming less frequent, I am glad to say. 

TEAOHEKS' MEETINGS. 

The several meetings held at the opening of school 
were very encouraging, and we hoped to continue the 
study, but from various causes we finally ceased holding 



8 MoRRiSTowN City Schools. 

any regular meetings. At intervals, as the interests of 
the school demanded, we met in special session. 

The meetings are of vital importance. In the future 
we hope to make it part of the school work, not only in 
matters of discipline, but in methods of instruction in 
the various branches. 

LIBRARY. 

The fund for this purpose was exhausted last session 
in the final settlement of bills for books. 

We have received between thirty and forty volumes 
by contribution. Then fifteen volumes of bound Maga- 
zines have been added, for which we owe about $14.00 
for binding. 

From the proceeds of the entertainment given may 14, 
1896, we realized $62.50. After all bills have been set- 
tled there will remain a balance of nearly fifty dollars. 

The interest of the pupils for reading matter increases 
each year. This session the number of times books have 
been borrowed has amounted to 1380. Of this the teach- 
ers have taken out 385, the pupils 995. 

We should have a regular fund set apart each year for 
the maintenance of this department of our schools. 

As in the preceding year the teachers subscribed for 
quite a number of standard periodicals for use in the 
library. 

VOCAL MUSIC. 

The teachers entered into this work with enthusiasm 
at the beginning of the session. Had a series of books 
been adopted the study would now be a part of our reg- 
ular course. I would recommend that books suitable for 
the study of this branch be adopted at once, or at l.east 
before the opening of the session for 1895-96. 

VISITORS. 

We are always pleased to meet visitors at any time, 
especially the patrons of the school. Co-operation is the 



MoRRiSTOWN City Schools. 9 

basis of all good work in teaching children. By having 
the people become acquainted with the methods of in- 
struction, the relations of pupil and teacher, we will al- 
ways be enabled to give more effectiee service. 

Visitors have come to us from various points outside 
of Morristown, and went off well pleased with the con- 
duct of the institution. 

We were much gratified to have the Mayor and City 
Council visit us near the close of the session. To all vis- 
itors we extend a cordial welcome. 

Whole number of visitors this year is 397. 

To the Board of Education for favors bestowed, to the 
teachers for the kind reception of all suggestions con- 
nected with the school, I wish to tender my thanks. 

Respectfully submitted, CHAS. MASON. 

Superintendent. 



ROLL OF HONOR. 

First Grade. 



Scruggs, Frank. 

Second Grade. 
Hill, Howard. Rice, Lynn. Scruggs, Eliza. 

Third Grade. 

Cole, Mary Belle. Donaldson, Lea. Holston, Pearl. 
Rowe, Mary. Rippetoe, Floyd. Shell, Eugene. 

Wooten, King. 

Fourth Grade. 

Caton, Cora. Craig, Donald. Goddard, Lennius. 

Pendergrass, Jessie. Scruggs, Abijah. 



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Johnson, Chas. 
McGimpsey, Frank. 
Taylor, Hugh. 



Barnett, Willie. 
Donaldson, Ollie. 
Hensley, Leda. 

Loop, Chas. 

Cummins, Trudie. 
Rice, Una. 

Hoyt, Hattie. 

Cummins, Hattie. 



Fifth Grade. 

Jones, Willie. Lyle, Homer. 
Pendergrass, Ethel. Scruggs, Fred. 
Turner, Helen. 

Sixth Grade. 

Brown, Mary K. Butt, Mattie. 
Grigsby, Katie. Holston, Annie. 
McCrary, Nellie. Sikes, Stella. 

Seventh Grade. 

Scruggs, Lula. 

Eighth Grade. 

Donaldson, Hugh. Mitchell, Lillie. 

Wells, Arthur. 

Ninth Grade. 

Loop, Stella. 

Tenth Grade. 

Wells, Arlone. 



Wells, Nellie. 



GRADUATES. 

1892-93. 

Miss Emma Hunt, Miss Mabel Sherwood, 

Miss Mayme Newman. 

1893-94. 
Robert L. Mason, J. Bruce Hodges, 

Marvin M. McFerrin, Clyde E. Sherwood. 

189^-95. 
Miss Fannie M. Hickey, Miss Lizzie M. Long, 

Miss Cora B. Hunt, Miss Nora B. Goodson. 

1895-96. 

Miss Anna Belle Murphey, Miss Hattie O. Cummins, 
Miss M. Arlone Wells, Miss Kittie Carriger, 

Miss Carrie Taylor, Miss Jonnie Nelms, 

Miss Emma Holley. 
Hillar Larimore, Earnest M. Darlington, 

Joseph H. Ritchie. 
Graduates are entitled to free scholarships in the 
University of Tennessee. 



MoRRiSTOWN City Schools. 11 



Treasurer's Report. 



To Tlie Board of Education : 

I respectfully submit the following financial report for 
the scholastic year ending May, 1896 : 

RECEIPTS. 

To amount on hand last report $ 10.16 

" " from Corporation 3,000.00 

" " " State and County 2,198.25 

" " " Tuition pupils 322.05 

" '• " Other sources 20.50 

Total $5,550.96 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

By amount paid teachers, etc $ 4,950.00 

" Interest paid 53.95 

" Coal, etc 182.40 

" Scholastic Census 19.54 

" Commissions ;.... 105.22 

" Miscellaneous 55.13 

" Balance on hand 184.72 

Total ...$ 5,550.96 

The above is a correct statement of the receipts and 
disbursements for the scholastic year ending May, 1896. 
Respectfully submitted, this August 18, 1896. 

H. M. SHERWOOD. 

Treasurer. 



12 MoRRiSTOWN City Schools. 



Course of Study. 



PRIMARY SCHOOL. 

FIRST GRADE. 

Spelling and Reading.-^PupHs shall be taught to 
write on board, slate and paper simple words and sen- 
tences from chart and McGuffey's Revised First Reader. 
The sounds of the letters shall also be taught, together 
with the punctuation marks as they appear in reading 
lessons, special attention being given to the proper 
punctuation of words. 

Numbers. — Pupils shall be taught by the use of objects 
and the numeral frame to count 100, down and up, I's, 
2's, 5's and lO's, the teacher using every possible com- 
bination of numbers from 1 to 10 in performing addi- 
tions and substractions to 100. These exercises shall be 
first oral, then written. Special attention to be devoted 
to the subject. 

Writing. — This subject is also one of special impor- 
tance, and shall be taught from the first, in connection 
with spelling and reading, pupils using long pencils, 
j)roperly held. Appleton's Tracing No. 1. 

Language Lesson. — Pupils shall be taught to utter all 
their words in a clear and distinct voice, writing, the 
principal words which appear in their reading lessons, 
pointing out the name, words or nouns therein. Barnes' 
Picture Lessons in English. (Teacher only.) Long's 
New Revised, No. 1. 

Geography. — The general idea in size, direction and 
position of objects shall be taught, together with the 
simple natural features in and around Morristown and 
Hamblem County, moulding table to be used. 



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Drawing. — In connection with writing, pupils shall be 
taught to make vertical, horizontal and oblique lines, 
and different kinds of angles. Krusi's, No. 1. 

Music. — Graded Singer, No. 1. 

Calesthenics, Moral Instruction. 

SECOND GRADE. 

Spelling and Reading. — Special attention shall be 
given to spelling — both oral and written — using the prin- 
cipal words in the reading lessons and others familiar to 
the pupils. Strict attention shall also be given to the 
use of capitals, commas, periods, question marks, articu- 
lation, etc. McGuff'ey's Revised Second Reader. Pho- 
nics taught in connection with reading. 

Arithmetic. — Notation and Numeration through five 
places, with board and slate exercises in addition and 
subtraction to 20,000. Special attention to be given oral 
exercises. Multiplication table through six times twelve. 
Roman Notation to C. White's Elementary. 

Writing. — Pupils are to be taught to use pen and ink, 
care being taken as to position at desk and holding the 
pen. New Eclectric, No. 1. 

Language Les; ons. — The course of the First Grade con- 
tinued and extended, with pointing out action-words or 
verbs in reading lessons. Long's New Revised, No. 1. 

Geography. — The location of objects in and about the 
school-room, map-drawing on board and slates, location 
of objects in and about town, cardinal points of the com- 
pass, etc. Sheldon's Elementary Instruction, used by 
teachers only. 

Drawing. — Work of the First Grade continued, and 
extended, dividing lines into equal parts, introducing 
curved lines, etc. Krusi's, No. 2. 

Music. — Graded Singer, No. 1. 

Calesthenics, Moral Instruction. 



INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. 

THIRD GRADE. 

Spelling and Reading. — McGuffey's Revised Third 
Reader. The pupils shall be taught carefully to spell 
and define in their own language as far as possible the 



14 MORRISTOWN OlTY SCHOOLS. 



most, important words in the reading lessons, pointing 
out the principal parts of speech, etc. Phonics taught 
in connection with the. reading lessons. 

Arithmetic — Notation and Numeration through three 
periods. Oral and written exercises in addition and sub- 
traction. Multiplication table completed. Roman No- 
tation to M. White's Elementary, Colburn's Mental 
Arithmetic, used by teachers only. 

Writing. — Course ot" Second Grade continued and 
extended. New Eclectic, No. 2. 

Language Lessons. — Long's New Revised, No. 2. 

Geography. — Eclectic Elementary, to page 55. Map 
drawing continued, with the use oJP globes and wall- 
maps. 

Drawing. — Krusi's Synthetic, No. 3. 

Music. — Graded Singer, No. 1. 

Calisthenics, Moral Instruction. 

FOURTH GRADE. 

Spelling and Reading. — McGuffey's Revised Fourth 
Reader. New American Pronouncing Speller, to page 
53. Special attention to be given to oral and written 
spelling in connection with reading lessons. Phonics 
taught in connection with reading. 

Arithmetic. — White's Elementary from fractions re- 
viewed and completed. Teachers to formulate numerous 
practical examples, requiring pupils to give reasons. 
Colburn's Mental Arithmetic. 

Writing. — Course of Third Grade continued -and 
extended. New Eclectic, No. 3. 

Language Lessons. — Knox Heath's Second Book. 

Geography. — Eclectic Elementary, reviewed and com- 
pleted. 

Drawing. — Krusi's Synthetic Series, No. 4. 

Music — Graded Singer, No. 1. 

Calisthenics, Moral Instruction. 

FIFTH GRADE. 

Spelling and Reading. — Appleton's Fourth Reader. 
New American Pronouncing Speller, from page 53 to 98. 
Phonics taught in connection with reading and spelling. 

Arithmetic — White's New Complete, Percentage'. 
Colburn's Mental Arithmetic. 



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Writing. — Course of fourth Grade continued and 
extended. New Eclectic, No. 4. 
Language Lessons. — Knox Heath's Second Book. 
Geography. — Eclectic complete, to page 61. 
Drawing.* Krusi's Analytic Series, No. 5. 
Music. — Graded Singer No. 2. 
Calisthenics, Moral Instructions. 



HIGH 5CH000L. 

SIXTH GRADE. 

Spelling and Reading. — McGuffey's Revised Fifth 
Reader, History of Tennassee, New American Pronounc- 
ing Speller completed. 

Arithmetic. — White's New Complete to Ratio and 
Proportion. 

Writing Continued. New Eclectic, No. 5. 

Language Lessons. — Knox Heath's Second Book com- 
plete. 

Drawing. — Krusi's Analytic Series, No. 6. 

Dictation and Composition. 

Music. — Graded Singer No. 2. 

Calisthenics, Moral Instruction. 

SEVENTH GRADE. 

Spelling, — Words used in daily lessons ; Swinton's 
Word Analysis. 

Reading. — Irving's Alhambra ; Goldsmith's Vicar of 
Wakefield. Phonics taught in connection with reading 
and spelling. 

Writing. — New Eclectic, No. 6. 

Arithmetic. — White's New Complete finished. 

IT. S. History. — Eggleston's Second Book. 

Physiology. — Steele's Revised. 

Physical Geography. — Maury. 

Drawing. — Krusi's Analytic Series, No. 7. 

Music. — Graded Singer, No. 2. 

Declamation, Essays, Calisthenics, Moral Instruction. 



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EIGHTH GRADE. 

Spelling. — Words used in daily lessons; Swinton's 
Word Analysis, 

Reading. — Lady of the Lake; Scott's Ivanhoe. 

Algebra. — Wentworth's School. 

Composition and Rhetoric. — Lock wood. 

Civil Government. — Macy. 

Latin. — Collar & Daniel (optional.) 

Drawing. — Krusi's Analytic Series No. 8. 

Writing. — Barne's Business Forms Nos. 1. and 2. 

Dictation, Composition and Declamation. 

Music— Graded Singer, No. 2. 

Calisthenics, Moral Instruction. 

NINTH GRADE. 

Spelling. — Words from the text-books used in the 
grade. 

Reading. — Scott's Talisman ; Two Great Retreats 
(Grote &Segur.) 

Phonics. — Taught in connection with spelling and 
reading. 

Algebra. — Wentworth School. 

Latin. — Grammar and Ctiesar (optional.) 

Physics. — Steele's Revised ; Botany. 

Writing. — Barne's Business Forms Nos. 3 and 4. 

Drawing. — Krusi's Perspective No. 10. 

English Literature. — Shaws ; Essays and Declama- 
tions. 

Music. — Graded Singer, No. 2. 

Calisthenics, Moral Instruction. 

TENTH GRADE. 

Spelling. — Words used from the various text-books in 
the grade. 

Reading. — Merchants of Venice, Hamlet, Julius Caesar. 

Phonics. — Taught in connection with reading and 
spelling. 

General History. — Swinton's Outlines. 

Geometry. — Wentworth's Plane and Solid. 

Higher Arithmetic. — Ray's. 

Latin. — Virgil; Grammar (optional.) 



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Writing. — Barne's Business Forms, Nos. 5 and 6. 
Drawing. — Krusi's Perspective, No. 11. 
Essays and Declamations. 
Music. — Graded Sing;er No. 2. 
Calisthenics, Moral Instruction. 

In the primar}^ and intermediate grades, the Stickney 
Series may be used as suppplemental readers in the sec- 
ond term after the regular readers shall have been com- 
pleted. 



Rates of Tuition for Those Living Outside 
the Corporation. 



Primary department, per month, $1.50 

Intermediate Department, per month, (including 
6th grade) 2.50 

High School Department, per month, 3.00 



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RULES AND REGULATIONS 



OF 



Morristown City Schools, 



I. 

Daily sessions of the school shall be held from 8 : 30 
o'clock a. m. to 11 : 30 a. m., and from 1 : 00 p. m. to 3 : 30 
p. m., and all teachers shall be present thirty minutes 
before the opening of the schools. 

II. 

Holidays shall occur every Saturday and Sunday, on 
Thanksgiving Day. The Christmas holidays shall ex- 
tend from the Friday preceding the 25th day of Decem- 
ber to Monday following New Year's. 

III. 

Pupils entitled to the privileges of the schools must 
be within the ages of six and twenty-one years. No 
pupil shall be admitted into the schools, or allowed to 
remain in the schools, who may have any contagious 
disease, or who is of notoriously bad character. And 
pupils who cannot be classified with some class already 
formed, shall not be admitted to the schools after the 
first four weeks. 



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IV. 

No pupil shall be allowed to use tobacco in any form 
at school or about the school grounds and the use of 
chewing gum is likewise prohibited. 

V. 

No pupil shall be allowed to bring to school any pistol, 
brass-knuckles, sling-shot, or anything of the kind, upon 
pain of suspension from school until the offense has 
been acted on by the Board of Education. 

VI. 

Profane and indecent language will not be tolerated, 
and any pupil known to be adicted to such vices will 
not be admitted into the schools, and any pupil who 
may thoughtlessly or purposely utter such language 
shall be immediately suspended. 

VII. 

Eupils are expected and required to be courteous and 
polite to each other, and respectful in their bearing to- 
words their teachers, to be neat and clean in their dress 
and to obey cheerfully and promptly all the rules and 
requirements that may be necessary for the proper gov- 
ernment of the schools. 

VIII. 

Whenever the example of any pupil becomes injuri- 
ous by reason of indolence, habitual neglect of rules, or 
any other cause, and the reformation of such pupil 
seems to be hopeless, the Superintendent may, after 
having notified the parent or guardian, suspend the 
pupil from the priviliges of the school. 

IX. 

Pupils dismissed from school are required to go direct- 
ly home, being subject to the rules of the school while 



20 MoRRiSTOWN City Schools. 

enroute either to or from school, and any loitering by 
the way, boisterousness, quarreling, fighting, or disor- 
derly conduct of any kind, wili subject them to the dis- 
cipline of the schools. 

X. 

Each pupil shall be held responsible for the condition 
of his books and seat, and the floor in his immediate 
vicinity ; and for any injury or defacement of the build- 
ing or of the school furniture, the pupil doing the dam- 
age shall make payment in full, and failing to do so in 
ten days, shall be suspended from school and be reinstat- 
ed only by the action of the Board. 

XI. 

Every pupil is expected and required to be regular 
and punctual in attendance upon school duties. Cases 
of absence must in every case be explained in writing 
or in person by the parent or guardian, and five cases of 
tardiness or absence on the part of any pupil, unsatis- 
factorily accounted for, will inevitably subject the pupil 
to suspension from school : and such pupil may be re- 
instated by the Superintendent when sufiicient guaranty 
is given, by the parent or guardian, that such irregularities 
will not occur again. Requests, also, for the dismission 
of any pupil before the close of any daily session must 
always be in writing or in person, by the parent or guar- 
dian. 

XII. 

No pupil under suspension shall be admitted to any 
of the rooms of the buildings without the knowledge or 
consent of the Superintendent. 

XIII. 

Pupils, parents or guardians having any cause for 
complaint, real, or supposed, must present the case to 



MoRRiSTOwN City Schools. 21 

the Superintendent, and if they are not satified with his 
statement or decision, they may appeal to the Board. 

XIV. 

No pupil after coming to school shall leave the 
grounds without the consent of the teacher in charge of 
his grade, sanctioned by the Superintendent. 

XV. 

Pupils must be supplied with all necessary books, 
slates, pencils and writing materials required in their 
respective grades. Failure on the part of the parent or 
guardian to provide a proper equipment for the pupil 
will render tlie dismission of the pupil necessary. 

XVI. 

Pupils will not be admitted into the school building 
earlier than thirty minutes before the general signal for 
beginning school work, either in the morning or in the 
afternoon, and upon reaching school they shall go direct- 
ly to their seats. Ordinarially it will not be necessary 
that pupils leave their homes until the ringing of the 
first bell, thirty minutes before the opening of school. 

XVII. 

Every pupil whose general average in scholarship, 
deportment and attendance is, on examination, 90 or 
over (100 being the maximum), shall be promoted to the 
next higher grade with HONOR ; an average of 80 or over 
and under 90, entitles the pupil to promotion to the next 
higher grade with credit; an average of 70 and under 
80 merely passes the pupil to the next higher grade ; 
pupils who fall below 70 as a general average, on exami- 
nation, are not promoted, but fall back into the same 
grade through which they have just passed. In grading 
pupils under this rule, scholarship, deportment and 
attendance shall be considered separately. 



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XVIII. 

Any unnecessary communication between the boys 
and girls either at school or on the way to or from school 
is strictly forbidden, and courting, gallanting or passing 
notes between boys and girls wsU be punished by sus- 
pension or expulsion. 

XIX. 

There shall be but one examination each year, at the 
close of each session, except when a book is completed, 
at which time the class may pass its final examination. 

XX. 

DUTIES OF TEACHERS. 

To be in their respective rooms thirty minutes before 
the opening of each session, morning and evening. 

To maintain good order and thorough discipline, 
observing strictly the prescribed course of study and 
text-books, and to devote themselves during school hours 
exclusively to their duties. 

To keep in a register the name, age and attendance of 
each pupil, and to report to the Superintendent at the 
end of each month, such details as are given on blanks 
furnished for that purpose. 

To make themselves familiar with all the school reg- 
ulations, and to read from time to time to their pupils so 
much of the same as will give them an understanding 
of the rules by which they are governed. 

To send information to the Superintendent whenever 
detained by sickness or other causes in time for him to 
obtain a substitute. 

It shall be the duty of any teacher who may chance 
to witness the misconduct of pupils, other than their 
own, belonging to the Graded School, to call the same to 
order, and insist on obedience to the school rules, pro- 
vided that the teacher of such pupils is not present. 



